| SUBJECT | ARTIST | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| “Sibuko had had his Quietus” | E. Caldwell | Frontispiece |
| Part of my Galley’s Crew | Nina Daly | 3 |
| Map—Northern China, with Coast of Siberia | 5 | |
| A Malay Kampong | Photo by Dr. Johnstone | 11 |
| In Bornean Jungle | ” ” | 12 |
| Whampoa | Photograph | 13 |
| Suspicious Junks | Sir Oswald Brierly | 21 |
| Forte at Rio | ” ” | 43 |
| My Middle Watch | J. W. Houghton | 53 |
| A Right and Left Shot | E. Caldwell | 59 |
| Commodore Oliver Jones | Nina Daly | 129 |
| Map—Eastern Archipelago | 142 | |
| Sir Rutherford Alcock | Photograph | 143 |
| Sir Harry Parkes | ” | 148 |
| Crossing a River in Japan | Commodore Oliver Jones | 161 |
| Lord Charles Scott | Nina Daly | 170 |
| Map—Northern China, with Coast of Siberia | 193 | |
| May and Webb | Photograph | 248 |
| Mrs. Alt | ” | 274 |
| The Prince who made the Omelette | ” | 305 |
| “The Little Admiral” | Hong Kong “Punch” | 314 |
| Jack Rodyk | Photograph | 319 |
| Last of the Rodney, 1884 | ” | 323 |
| Duke of Buccleuch | ” | 327 |
| Admiral of the Fleet, The Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, G.C.B., D.C.L. | Sketched at The Albany by Nina Daly | 335 |
About This Book
The volume continues the author's naval memoirs, offering eyewitness narratives of river and coastal engagements in East Asia alongside accounts of wider imperial and diplomatic service. It moves between vivid small-boat actions and fleet operations, descriptions of commands at distant stations, visits to regional ports and settlements, and episodes of sport and shore life. Interspersed are logistical and administrative detail, travel impressions, maps and illustrations, and reflective observations on officers, local societies, and the burdens of command, closing with voyages home and parting remarks that summarize a long career at sea.